Best Showpiece Poems

(Dedication: For Dr Ram Mehta.)


Morning light
Spreads divine psalm --
Touch of zest


By this stone bench
Sleeping cat purrs --
Feline dreamscapes


That old man sits alone
Strange neighbour --
Thoughtful wanderings


Sadness in shock:
Food court bankrupt --
Ghost town feeling 


Dress fitting session
Bridal gowns, smart suits --
A lovely affair


Just because
You said so --
Let...

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The artist, Spring, has painted many hours
On easel earth, creating lovely flowers

Strawberry blossoms giggle, ‘look at me’
As each is a masterpiece nominee

Look at me? But there’s not enough time
To admire each showpiece so sublime

The strawberry plant, slightly a still life
Yet full of life, that seamlessly...

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The national flower of Ukraine-  yellow for joy,
in a beautiful landscape that war will destroy !

A symbol of optimism, solidarity and peace,
in my garden sunflowers will be a showpiece !

And sunflowers lifting their heads to the sun,
will always remind me of courage undone...

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Sun sets, sky glows cerise.
Throw the nets, catch showpiece.
     Fish abound, birds take off
     All fly round, it's payoff
Birds last meal, night is nigh
Strange feel, gratified high.


17 August 2021

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6 syllables per line.
Sponsored by: Joseph May...

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Diary of a House

On a street called Curve
I rest on lovely land
Born when Elvis was young
Born with high hopes.

A cuddly couple came to see,
See me in my fresh pine smell
Pure white-grouted rose brick tiles
They with chest-grasping smiles and dreams.

The nursery filled, new paint would wait
My...

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The smell is a fine one;
The death of a traitor
is always sweet

I feel the pulse of the cheers
echo through the city
when the mighty fall
or the wretched scum meet their end

Then they send the heads to me
Parboiled
Dipped in tar
Beautifully macabre

And I get to work
Proudly plying my...

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Utterly cold waters for two southerners from Oslo.
They take our breath away when swimming. 
The land of the midnight sun and the gorgeous
Aurora lights are featured at Uttakleiv Beach.
Kept our eyes open too for unusual sights at
Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. 
Eye of the Dragon...

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I Dont Give A Fig About The Brouhaha...
of new year's eve,
yet yours truly does consider
at least one singular plum me facet by Jeeve
er...Robert (or Rabbie) Burns,
a profoundly poignant poem, he did conceive.

Anyway, this wordsmith fascinated
by historical lyricist whose unbelieve
hub bull lee brief life, nonetheless
made a...

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Friends congregate
Party mood trickles;
Familiar laughter drowns


Once upon
A dream come true;
Foreign expectations


Invest shoppe
Moments meander;
Burst of high tide


Moaning and groaning
Kettle steam retorts;
Morning brew transits


So many words
Unsaid, unheard;
Uneasy non-conversation


Awkward these glances
Feelings suspended;
Anticipation ignored


Simple ritual
By this park bench;
Watching time doing nothing


Path of sure ease
If you please;
Leave plot behind


Corner shop
Selling...

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Poet:  Ken Jordan 
Poem:  Wake Up Black Man 
Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan 
written:  May/2017


Black man, I see that you have 
lost your way -  

chasing after women of another 
race -  

I'm your black queen, but, what 
does that...

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One from the 1850s,
I bought it from a Scotsman thrifty,
on the windswept Isle of Skye,
its browning cover caught my eye,
old paper that’s weathered to tan,
each leaf thick and dry in my hands,
an imperious title-page,
and the high English of that age,
once a proud showpiece for a...

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Passion
Enveloping the evolution of eternity as she radiates dark hues of red and violet, swaying through the hidden passageways of the soul.
She loves to travel, finding enrichment in the beauty of life, gently shaping the world with her searing touch.
She loves learning languages from foreign...

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a showpiece
a speciality
        to 
           declaim:
visually clever
a retort even
to circulate:
enfolded
in a prestigious
compendium
of the poetsirregular&glib-
a hackneyed canticle
to provoke
           or...

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A little bit of spice and everything nice,
Let's make sure there is no vice
Every time I roll the dice
I am being pushed sidewise,
I always hear their cries,
"Let live by our size,
Don't have to tell you twice".
Even then I try to rise;
But you open your files...

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Voyage to the bottom of this... 
prevaricated forth write Declaration!

As most every girl and boy
taught back in the day,
learning base sic life lessons, 
when going to Zerns,
now permanently closed, 
but once upon a time one 
bustling, flourishing, thriving 
Farmers Market formerly 
a year-round farmers' market...

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